Fort Worth Opera

She was one of the very few Black American women ever to run an opera company. And she's leaving after only two years — the third general director the company's had in five years.

Afton Battle is one of the very few Black female general directors of an opera company in North America. She was hired in late 2020 to transform the company — in the middle of a pandemic. UPDATED: 3/7/2022

Fort Worth Opera presents a world premiere adaptation of the story of the legendary swordfighter

On the heels of the Dallas Museum of Art’s blockbuster Mexico show, the Fort Worth Opera is going international for its next world premiere. The official…

Fort Worth Opera’s JFK gets its world premiere Saturday. It recounts President Kennedy’s last night on earth, which many may not know was in Fort Worth.…

The Fort Worth Opera has pulled the plug on the sci-fi opera A Wrinkle in Time, the $1.2 million world premiere by American composer Libby Larsen that was…

Most people associate opera with the diva’s high notes, but some classics require the voice of a child. So when Puccini’s much loved La Bohème opened the…